SUMMARY - Friday, April 11, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Ziar nad Hronom, April 11 (TASR) - About 300 student runners of all age categories took to the starting line on Friday in Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region) for the traditional Ziar nad Hronom Liberation Run, TASR has learnt. https://etasr.sk/article/21941780 Skalica, April 11 (TASR) - A commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Skalica was held on Friday with a memorial ceremony in the Liberation Park in Skalica, with battle reenactments that featured model tanks and armored vehicles, together with pyrotechnics and commentary, TASR has learnt. https://etasr.sk/article/21941756 Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - In the first month of the recruitment campaign, 1,600 people applied to join the police force, whereas the last year the total number stood at 4,500, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) announced at a press conference at the Police Academy in the presence of Deputy Police President Rastislav Polakovic on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21941733 Nitra/Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - The Military History Club (KVH) South focuses on reenactments of wartime events that took place in Slovakia during WW2 and while its activities take place in the Nitra region, it also closely cooperates with affiliated military history clubs from both Slovakia and abroad, club's chair Marian Holka has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/21941541 Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - The government has mishandled the situation regarding the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, and should therefore take personal responsibility and dismiss Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Richard Takac (Smer-SD), with the government’s failures being particularly evident in the slow implementation of measures in comparison to neighboring countries, MP Marian Caucik (Christian Democratic Movement/KDH) declared at a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21941501 Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - Around 1,600 illegal (unregistered) livestock farms have been registered with the State Veterinary and Food Administration (SVPS) in recent days, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) announced at a press conference on Friday in response to opposition criticism. https://etasr.sk/article/21941402 Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - Paramedics were dispatched by air on Friday morning to the Vajnory borough of Bratislava, where a construction worker was buried under building materials at a motorway construction site, TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21941313 Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini received former Czech president Milos Zeman at the Presidential Palace on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21941172 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. mf